11. 2025: 2 Billion People Without Water Austin Brown II, 65, on his ranch in Beeville, TX. Much of the state has not had a significant rainfall since August. The worst drought in nearly 100 years is racking three-quarters of Texas Photo byMichael Stravato for The New York Times
12. C - N cycle C - H2O Soil Carbon Matter Matters Soil Carbon Matter(s)
22. 40% Mitigation Cuba – Two rice plants the same age and same variety Systems Rice Intensification By: Dr. Norman Uphoff, Cornell University
23. Systems Rice Intensification 40% Mitigation After typhoon, FFS farmer in Dông Trù village, Hanoi Province, Viet Nam By: Dr. Norman Uphoff, Cornell University
26. a relic of sampling methodology? Depth (feet) Corn plant root system Sampling depths of 140 studies comparing tillage impacts on soil carbon (shaded area denotes sampling depth) (Figure from Baker et al. 2007) Soil Carbon Sequestration in Conventional No-till Agriculture
33. In spite of current realities of soil loss, global water shortages, high cost of fossil fuels ecologically and financially, increased aquatic dead zones, and soil fertility depletion there exists an agriculture that is restorative, regenerative and profitable. Agricultural Hope
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35. Biological farming and ranching works to build the biology. “ Bio-logical” Chemical conventional agriculture degrades the biology. “ Bio-logical”